Expertise and Current Research Activity

Robert Rohrschneider is interested in comparative public opinion, political parties, and democratic representation in western and Central-Eastern Europe. His monographs include "Learning Democracy. Democratic and Economic Values in Unified Germany" (Oxford University Press 1999), which won the ECPR’s 1998 Stein Rokkan prize; and, with Stephen Whitefield, "The Strain of Representation. How Parties Represent Diverse Voters in Western and Eastern Europe" (Oxford University Press, 2012).

His articles have been published by such journals as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Comparative Political Studies. His research has been supported by fellowships from the Social Science Research Council, German Marshall Fund, and the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). He is currently working on a project that assesses the impact of the economic crisis on the quality of democratic representation in Europe, 2008-2013.

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Florida State University

“Zwischenprüfung”, political science and history, University of Freiburg

“Abitur”, Hermann-Billung high school

Teaching Interests

Political representation

European Union

German Politics

The link between institutions and attitudes and behavior

Political culture

Democratization

Global environmental movements

Elections

And political parties

Political elites

Research methodol

Research

Comparative public opinion and parties; European politics; German politics; research methodology.

Rohrschneider, R. & Whitefield, S. (2016). Responding to Growing EU-skepticism? The Stances of Political Parties Towards European Integration in Western and Eastern Europe Following the Financial Crisis. European Union Politics, 17(1), 138-161.